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Uppkörning av växel

English translation: running through the switch (in a trailing-point movement)

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Swedish term or phrase:Uppkörning av växel
English translation:running through the switch (in a trailing-point movement)
Entered by: Deane Goltermann

08:56 Mar 22, 2019
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: Uppkörning av växel
This is in a list of risks/incidents/accidents, so not too much more context than that. The entire line reads
Uppkörning av växel/skador på växel
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Kathy Saranpa
Finland
Local time: 15:56
running through the switch (in a trailing-point movement)
Explanation:
Rail switches right? You should give more context, really. Have you done rail switches before? Interesting work, eh?

But I got this for your term, when rail switch is damaged... "När ett fordonssätt förs genom en medväxel där växeltungorna inte ligger i rätt läge för det spår varifrån
fordonssättet kommer."

At https://www.trafikverket.se/contentassets/2fcf65c95fbb46ad9b...

Which corresponds to "a train coming from either of the converging directs will pass through the points onto the narrow end, regardless of the position of the points, as the vehicle's wheels will force the points to move. Passage through a switch in this direction is known as a trailing-point movement."

At -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch

Then you can find my suggestion farther down in that reference.
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 14:56
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3 +1running through the switch (in a trailing-point movement)
Deane Goltermann
4trailing a switch
Tim Kynerd


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
running through the switch (in a trailing-point movement)


Explanation:
Rail switches right? You should give more context, really. Have you done rail switches before? Interesting work, eh?

But I got this for your term, when rail switch is damaged... "När ett fordonssätt förs genom en medväxel där växeltungorna inte ligger i rätt läge för det spår varifrån
fordonssättet kommer."

At https://www.trafikverket.se/contentassets/2fcf65c95fbb46ad9b...

Which corresponds to "a train coming from either of the converging directs will pass through the points onto the narrow end, regardless of the position of the points, as the vehicle's wheels will force the points to move. Passage through a switch in this direction is known as a trailing-point movement."

At -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch

Then you can find my suggestion farther down in that reference.

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 14:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 73

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hugh Curtis: Yes, 'running through the switch' will do.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Hugh! Right, the second part is more of an explanation rather than applying to the asked term.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trailing a switch


Explanation:
Based on my reading in the subject area (and I've worked as a train operator in Sweden), this is the usual term. One says, for example, that a switch can or cannot be safely trailed.

Tim Kynerd
Sweden
Local time: 14:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Deane Goltermann: Some more reading ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facing_and_trailing ). Tells me your suggestion refers to the direction of the train in relation to the direction of the points. My reference (TKDOK) tells me this has to do with the switch being forced.
20 hrs
  -> The term "trailing" also refers to moving through a switch in the trailing direction. And the OP's context also includes the phrase "skador på växel," which typically happens when a switch is forced.
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